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This EducationUSA resource offers a comprehensive overview of the U.S. higher education system, emphasizing its distinctive characteristics compared to other global systems. It covers institutional types, accreditation, degree structures, and governance, and highlights resources like the Carnegie Classification.

MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an educational initiative by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that makes nearly all of its undergraduate and graduate course materials freely available online to anyone, anywhere. The platform’s mission is to “advance knowledge and educate students, and to bring knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges,” by openly sharing MIT teaching content globally. MIT OCW provides a comprehensive range of content including syllabi, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, video lectures, free online textbooks, and other multimedia resources. All resources are freely available with no registration, enrollment, or time limits, enabling self-paced learning and teaching. The content is published under a Creative Commons license, allowing free downloading, sharing, remixing, and non-commercial adaptation. MIT OCW does not offer credit or certificates, focusing instead on supporting self-guided and lifelong learning, as well as educator resource sharing and adaptation.

A comprehensive overview tracing higher education in the U.S. from its colonial origins to the present, covering the growth of research universities, governance, funding, and research priorities. This resource is crucial for understanding the foundational context of educational systems, relevant for innovation in fields like programming, startups, psychology, and product design.